Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

...the ravenous monsters men called reporters

One arrow does not bring down two birds.

It feels very cool to be part of a girl gang.

To be adult is to be alone.

Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season.

I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.

It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.

Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

Winter isn't forever. Winter is always followed by spring. And it's how to take advantage of whatever season you're in.